Malachi 1:2
Malachi 1:2-3 The Message (MSG)
GOD said, “I love you.” You replied, “Really? How have you loved us?” “Look at history” (this is GOD’s answer). “Look at how differently I’ve treated you, Jacob, from Esau: I loved Jacob and hated Esau. I reduced pretentious Esau to a molehill, turned his whole country into a ghost town.”
Malachi 1:2 King James Version (KJV)
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob
Malachi 1:2 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob
Malachi 1:2 New Century Version (NCV)
The LORD said, “I have loved you.” But you ask, “How have you loved us?” The LORD said, “Esau and Jacob were brothers. I loved Jacob
Malachi 1:2 American Standard Version (ASV)
I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob
Malachi 1:2 New International Version (NIV)
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob
Malachi 1:2 New King James Version (NKJV)
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. “Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’ Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” Says the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved
Malachi 1:2 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you say, “How and in what way have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I loved Jacob (Israel)